Prensa Ibérica

Prensa Ibérica Media, S.L., or simply Prensa Ibérica, is a Spanish mass media company owned by Javier Moll. It primarily owns regional newspapers.

Prensa Ibérica Media, S.L.
TypeSociedad limitada
IndustryMass media
Founded1984 (1984)
HeadquartersL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Area served
Spain
Key people
Javier Moll (ceo & owner)

History

Founded by Javier Moll, the company traces back its origins to 1978, with the creation of Prensa Canaria,[1] the editor of the morning newspaper La Provincia and the evening newspaper Diario de Las Palmas. Yet the creation of Editorial Prensa Ibérica took place in 1984,[2] following the acquisition in a public auction of La Nueva España (Asturias), Levante-EMV (Valencia) and Información (Alicante) from the Medios de Comunicación Social del Estado, the State-owned media holding liquidated by the Felipe González's government,[3] a renaming of the Francoist Cadena de Prensa del Movimiento. It also purchased the Faro de Vigo.[3] The group consolidated together with its rival Vocento as the two largest regional media holdings in Spain.[4]

The company purchased Grupo Zeta in 2019,[n. 1][6] adding newspapers such as El Periódico de Catalunya, El Periódico de Aragón, El Periódico Extremadura, La Crónica de Badajoz, Córdoba, Mediterráneo, Sport and La Grada.[7][8] In 2021, Prensa Ibérica decided to move its headquarters from Barcelona to L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.[9] In June 2021, the group hired Fernando Garea to launch a new newspaper based in Madrid,[10] later disclosed to be named as El Periódico de España.[11]

Assets
Daily newspapers
Weekly newspapers
  • Empordà
  • Mallorca Zeitung
Local television stations
  • Levante TV
  • Información TV

See also

References
Informational notes
  1. The Grupo Zeta's audiovisual production subsidiary, Zeta Audiovisual, was left out of the purchase.[5]
Citations
  1. "Prensa Ibérica se sale con la suya y compra el Grupo Zeta". Crónica Global. El Español. 19 February 2019.
  2. Carvajal, Miguel; García Avilés, José A. (2008). "From newspapers to multimedia groups". Journalism Practice. 2 (3): 456. doi:10.1080/17512780802281198. hdl:11000/4558.
  3. Rubio, Cristina (12 April 2021). "El 'Rey Midas' de la prensa regional". El Mundo.
  4. Carvajal & García Avilés 2008, p. 456.
  5. Fernández, Eduardo (29 April 2019). "La compra del Grupo Zeta extiende el perímetro de Prensa Ibérica por los quioscos de España". El Mundo.
  6. Arranz, Rubén; Zarzalejos, Álvaro (11 June 2021). "Javier Moll ficha a Fernando Garea para lanzar un nuevo periódico en Madrid". Voz Populi.
  7. Zarzalejos, Álvaro G. "Competencia sella la venta de Zeta a Prensa Ibérica tras aprobar la operación". El Confidencial.
  8. "Prensa Ibérica compra el Grupo Zeta, editor de 'El Periódico' y 'Sport'". El País. 18 April 2019.
  9. "Prensa Ibérica trasladará su sede corporativa de Barcelona a L'Hospitalet". La Vanguardia. 15 February 2021.
  10. "Prensa Ibérica ficha a Fernando Garea para lanzar un nuevo periódico nacional". El Independiente. 11 June 2021.
  11. "'El Periódico de España' ultima su salida como nuevo diario nacional". El Siglo de Europa. 9 September 2021.
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